NYE

By Sarah Bahbah

From Kristen's Archive

Archival pigment print

16"H × 19"W Framed

Edition 65/300

Matted and presented in a gloss black gallery frame

Signed and numbered by the artist

Sarah Bahbah has an uncanny ability to photograph the emotional atmosphere surrounding a moment rather than the moment itself. Her work blurs the line between fashion photography, cinema, and contemporary storytelling, inviting viewers to imagine the conversations that happened just before—and just after—the shutter clicked.

NYE captures the beautiful chaos of youth: champagne bottles passed between friends, the glamour of getting dressed up, and the strange mix of celebration and vulnerability that often accompanies the end of one year and the beginning of another. It feels spontaneous, cinematic, and unmistakably Sarah Bahbah.

This edition has lived in my personal collection for years. I was drawn to its humor, composition, and sense of nostalgia. It is one of those photographs that reveals new details every time you stop to look at it and always becomes a conversation piece wherever it's displayed.